A House Dividing: Lincoln as President Elect |
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... tion of patronage was a burden no President could escape dur- ing the era of the spoils system , a burden that became onerous when a new party assumed control . But patronage was also a weapon . Lincoln , who had made the scriptural ...
... tion of patronage was a burden no President could escape dur- ing the era of the spoils system , a burden that became onerous when a new party assumed control . But patronage was also a weapon . Lincoln , who had made the scriptural ...
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... tion . " This was no idle promise . Presently the subject ap- peared in the news , 2 and it grew in importance for many weeks . One day after the above conversation Lincoln wrote a " pri- vate and confidential " letter to the editor of ...
... tion . " This was no idle promise . Presently the subject ap- peared in the news , 2 and it grew in importance for many weeks . One day after the above conversation Lincoln wrote a " pri- vate and confidential " letter to the editor of ...
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... tion . He will invade no State to bring about the overthrow of unconstitutional laws and authorities . He will observe a strict defensive , but nevertheless repel and defeat resistance to the execution of the above measures with all the ...
... tion . He will invade no State to bring about the overthrow of unconstitutional laws and authorities . He will observe a strict defensive , but nevertheless repel and defeat resistance to the execution of the above measures with all the ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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